Posted by pedr on February 25, 2015, at 11:15:54
In reply to Re: Best med for IBS-C » pedr, posted by ed_uk2010 on February 24, 2015, at 20:24:06
Hi Ed, replies inline
> Hi Pete,
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> You do seem very sensitive to side effects, for sure.yes. I have very few days without pain :(
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> Have you tried the stool softener docusate?Yes, it didn't get things moving.
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> >The only 'traditional' approach that doesn't cause me loads of additional pain is doing an enema.
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> What sort of enema works for you?water, saline, glycol. Some days it works well, other days not so much.
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> >Which itself long-term is known to cause issues.
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> I suppose some are safer than others. Certain side effects are common only in particular populations. For example, phosphate enemas are more problematic in people with kidney impairment and in the elderly.Right. I was alluding to the reports that it can make your GI muscles "lazy" since they "forget" how to push.
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> >Peppermint oil. Just no relief from it.
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> What country are you in? I'd suggest trying mebeverine but I don't think it's available in the US.The US and from what I can tell you're right, it's not available. That's a real shame since it sounds like it could have been useful.
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> >I do know that each of the myriad AD's I've tried have had different qualitative effects on the IBS pain & sensations.
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> What do you think might have helped? SNRIs, rather than SSRIs, are useful for some types of pain, but they do occasionally worsen constipation.Man I just don't know. My health is so variable, most of the time I don't know what's up and what's down. I do know that pretty much all the meds I've been on (barring the current regimen) caused strong (as witnessed by the litany of C meds I've tried) C.
I love the smell of Abilify in the morning. The smell, you know that chemical smell. Smells like victory. Some day this war's gonna end...
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Atypical Depression, OCD, IBS-C, GERD since '96
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